Contracting Officer

Start Date: 1997-09-01End Date: 2003-04-01

Assignments include rotational roles at NGA and NROActed as chief decision maker in the proposal review process and had ultimate responsibility for negotiation of financial, legal, security, and work scope aspects of contracts to ensure that resulting agreements were consistent with program needs, and established Agency procurement practices.Administered a large portfolio of sophisticated, complex, and hypersensitive international IT development and IT service contracts for national security valued at >$500M. Directly engaged in the daily management of operational activities for 400+ cleared contractor personnel worldwide.Highly trained to be an expert “Lead Negotiator” with extraordinary experience earned while negotiating on behalf of the US Intelligence Community in various clandestine international arenas. Represented organizational interests in various inter- and intra-organizational forums, conferences, and meetings.Helped prepare, defend and execute budgets plus assisted implementation of direct and indirect cost control measures. Developed and implemented metrics and processes necessary to achieve program goals. Formulated and aligned systems, protocols, policies, operational business strategies and controls that supported the covert mission and strategic direction of the organization’s programs, often under abnormally high stress conditions.Developed solutions to urgent crises and problems of unusual complexity requiring a high degree of ingenuity, creativity, and innovativeness. Unique solutions frequently served as precedents for future decisions within the organization and throughout the agency and beyond.

Chief of Financial Management

Start Date: 1997-09-01End Date: 2005-10-08

Main responsibilities included management of 12 employees from multiple federal civilian career services and private industry companies. Managed all financial aspects of a dynamic acquisition program office that consisted of approximately twenty-five percent of the SIGINT Directorate budget.

As a research analyst for BNL, Inc. I work at the Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network conducting analysis and writing reports on illicit financial networks.In addition, I am a graduate student at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs in the Security Policy Studies program, where I am concentrating on trans-national security issues and weapons of mass destruction. My current research centers around both Hezbollah and the Iranian nuclear negotiations. I hold a staff writer position at GWU's International Affairs Review, where I write columns regarding terrorist propaganda, CT strategy, and cybersecurity.Previously, I conducted long-term research for the American Enterprise Institute's Critical Threats Project, using Palantir to illustrate Al Qaeda's human networks in North Africa.At the Central Intelligence Agency, I received an Exceptional Performance Award for my outstanding compilation and presentation of information papers, research reports, and formal briefings for senior consumers. As part of my regular duties, I assembled targeting packages incorporating multi-source intelligence and briefed these packages to senior management. In addition, I performed information triage on incoming SIGINT, produced all-source analysis of strategic threats, and proposed innovative ways forward to advance operations against priority targets. Furthermore, I possess proficiency in Arabic in both Modern Standard form as well as the Levantine dialect, which I acquired as the result of intensive study in Amman Jordan. I am also proficient in statistical analysis methods utilizing both Stata and Excel.

Undergraduate Intern

Start Date: 2013-05-01End Date: 2013-08-01

Throughout my second internship term with the Central Intelligence Agency, I synthesized and analyzed complex datasets incorporating both HUMINT and SIGINT to produce leads for overseas operations. In the course of leveraging the full range of our equities to advance operations against priority targets, I coordinated with Intelligence Community partners to ensure seamless synchronization and employment of collection platforms. In addition, I prepared and presented briefings to senior leadership in support of operational needs.

Undergraduate Intern

Start Date: 2012-06-01End Date: 2012-08-01

I served in a desk officer capacity, authoring and researching cables incorporating multi-source intelligence to provide headquarters-based operational support. I received an Exceptional Performance Award for outstanding collaboration with Intelligence Community partners and the development of comprehensive briefings and reports for senior management.